From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:05:57 -0500

Interesting feedback.

With regard to Nawin's questions:

Let's assume a small corporate entity--a tech start-up, say.

Let's assume U.S.-based

Prices in U.S. dollars

If there is a subscription agent that would like to speak to this, I
would like to hear from him or her.

As of now I have received estimates of $13.3 million on the low end
and $85 million on the high end.  I received one estimate offline from
a friend who has a good vantage on this, and she suggested $35-40
million for an academic library.

So I think it's fair to say that more research is needed!

Joe Esposito


On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 2:19 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: "N. Gupta" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:32:08 -0600
>
> Individual or Institution?
>
> What kind of institution or corporate entity and what size?
>
> Geographic location?
>
> And there may be a few more questions before a pricing can be arrived
> at, but a subscription agent should be able to help.
>
> Nawin Gupta
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:46:56 -0500
>
> I am hoping that the members of this list can assist in furthering a
> conversation I have been having with a colleague.
>
> The question is, How much would it cost to purchase a digital copy of
> every single peer-reviewed journal published in one year?
>
> The follow-on question is, How much would it cost to purchase all the
> backfiles in digital form, assuming they are all available?
>
> I have in mind journals in all fields.  Does anyone have an idea of
> how much this would come to?
>
> Joe Esposito